Knihy beletrie, 2000, anglické, ruské
- Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
- Daniel Keyes
- anglické
- beletrie
- Gollancz
- 224
- 2000
The classic novel about a daring experiment in human intelligence Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes - until an experiment in the...
- Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck John
Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck John
- John Steinbeck
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 114
- 2000
Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some...
- Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
- Susanna Kaysen
- anglické
- beletrie
- 192
- 2000
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital to be treated for...
- A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
- John Kennedy Toole
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 340
- 2000
The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against...
- 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
- George Orwell
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 330
- 2000
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels...
- East of Eden
East of Eden
- John Steinbeck
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 640
- 2000
Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of...
- Where the Wild Things are
Where the Wild Things are
- Maurice Sendak
- anglické
- beletrie
- Random House
- 48
- 2000
O nezbedném chlapci, který se dostal do země divokých příšerek a stal se jejich králem. Max zlobil a zlobil hodně, a tak šel spát bez večeře. Místo večeře vyplul na své lodi na...
- Survivor
Survivor
- Chuck Palahniuk
- anglické
- beletrie
- 304
- 2000
Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box...
- South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami
South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami
- Haruki Murakami
- anglické
- beletrie
- 189
- 2000
Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, Hajime and Shimamoto had been childhood sweethearts. The two eventually lost touch but now, in their thirties, they meet up again....
- Clash of Kings 2
Clash of Kings 2
- George R. R. Martin
- anglické
- beletrie
- Random House
- 1032
- 2000
THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work...
- Breakfast at Tiffany`s
Breakfast at Tiffany`s
- Truman Capote
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 160
- 2000
Immortalised by Audrey Hepburn's sparkling performance in the 1961 film of the same name, `Breakfast at Tiffany's` is Truman Capote's timeless portrait of tragicomic cultural...
- IMMORTALITY
IMMORTALITY
- Milan Kundera
- anglické
- beletrie
- 400
- 2000
This breathtaking, reverberating survey of human nature finds Kundera still attempting to work out the meaning of life without losing his acute sense of humour. It is one of...
- Grapes of Wrath
Grapes of Wrath
- John Steinbeck
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 476
- 2000
The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of...
- Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
- Arthur Miller
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 128
- 2000
Willy Loman is on his last legs. Failing at his job, dismayed at his the failure of his sons, Biff and Happy, to live up to his expectations, and tortured by his jealousy at...
- Memoirs of Geisha Arthur Golden
Memoirs of Geisha Arthur Golden
- Arthur Golden
- anglické
- beletrie
- Vintage/Arrow
- 502
- 2000
This is a seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, which tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic...
- Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell
Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell
- Nathanael West
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 240
- 2000
Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the...
- Under the Volcano - M. Lowry
Under the Volcano - M. Lowry
- Malcolm Lowry
- anglické
- beletrie
- HarperCollins
- 400
- 2000
One of the twentieth century's great undisputed masterpieces, Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Modern Classics. It is...
- The Raven and Other Favorite Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven and Other Favorite Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe
- anglické
- beletrie
- Dover Publications Inc
- 54
- 2000
One of the most famous poems in the English language, "The Raven" first appeared in the January 29, 1845, edition of the New York Evening Mirror. It brought Edgar Allan Poe,...
- Wide Sargasso Sea - J. Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea - J. Rhys
- Jean Rhys
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 160
- 2000
Her grand attempt to tell what she felt was the story of Jane Eyre's 'madwoman in the attic', Bertha Rochester, Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea is edited with an introduction and...
- David Copperfield
David Copperfield
- Charles Dickens
- anglické
- beletrie
- 104
- 2000
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Please,...
- Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- anglické
- beletrie
- 4th Estate
- 224
- 2000
‘One of the finest short story writers I’ve ever read’ Amy Tan WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARDWINNER OF THE NEW YORKER PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK...
- After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie
- Jean Rhys
- anglické
- beletrie
- Penguin Books
- 160
- 2000
After Leaving Mr Mackenzie is a brilliant, yet brutal, portrait of a woman struggling to retrieve both life and love. For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian...
- VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE - PAULO COELHO
VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE - PAULO COELHO
- Paulo Coelho
- anglické
- beletrie
- HarperCollins
- 213
- 2000
The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho - a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we...
- Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
- David Mitchell
- anglické
- beletrie
- Hodder
- 448
- 2000
A debut novel which was an unequivocal critical success in trade paperback, and which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Set at the fugitive edges of Asia and...